Flowers are the music of the ground from earth’s lips spoken without sound. — Edwin Curran Venturing out to the Duke Mansion on a glorious fall afternoon is a must for garden lovers in the Uptown Charlotte area. Open to…
On the List
While coming down with COVID the week before my birthday was unexpected, I couldn’t be happier that the weekend has arrived once again for a little more recovery time. Next week I happen to have my birthday off, which is…
Everything I’ve Read This Month | September 2023
This month’s list of books takes us from 1920s Seattle where an up-and-coming designer works to accomplish her dreams in The Roaring Days of Zora Lily to the stock market crash of 1987 where a Jewish family trades in their…
Starling House with Author Alix E. Harrow
Starling House, a Southern Gothic novel by bestselling author Alix E. Harrow is a book that will keep you tucked up safely under your covers, protected from all that goes ‘bump in the night’. The novel calls to mind the…
A Fairy Gathering
Our littlest fairy, Charlotte just turned two, and in honor of her birthday we had a little celebration a few weeks early at our house. Planning and putting together birthday parties for littles is the absolute best. While this auntie…
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Today we’re having a birthday party for our littlest fairy who is turning two. We’ve prepped the fairy garden for her arrival, found the cutest fairy hut on Amazon to set up at the end of the garden path, and…
A Magical Morning at Jeter Mountain Farm
A few Sundays ago we went up to Jeter Mountain Farm located just beyond downtown Hendersonville, North Carolina. My sister and two nieces were so excited to pick apples at the family-run farm, and we were all looking forward to…
Main Character Energy with Author Jamie Varon
This debut novel is a must for summer reading. While it deals with heavier topics like self-image, body positivity, and loss, it is full of positive uplifting moments as Poppy learns not only to love herself, both opening her heart…
Peach Delight
Last summer I made this very easy-to-make milkshake with watermelon. This year, we had some peaches that were days away from going bad, so I chopped them up into slices and put them in the freezer to make this delicious…
On the List
Can you believe it’s already September? The past few months have just flown by. Today my sister and nieces come into town, and tomorrow we’re heading up to Hendersonville to pick apples, grapes, and fingers crossed, blackberries. Next Saturday I’m…
Everything I Read This Month | August 2023
In this month’s list of book recommendations, we join college friends and former lovers in the Happy Place. Next we time-travel back to prohibition-era New York, in The Last Drop of Hemlock. Dark secrets are discovered in a small Kentucky…
Blaire Wheeler’s latest show flutters into the Shain Gallery
“Hummingbird is the spirit of pure joy! She is the messenger of beauty and wonder, and she reminds us to taste the sweet nectar of life.” — Anonymous Blaire Wheeler’s latest show fluttered into the Shain Gallery this past Friday…